violins

Definitions

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n. Plural form of violin.

n. The violin section of an orchestra

Etymologies

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Examples

In a recently released study aimed at demystifying the Stradivari violin, researchers in France and Germany subjected five of his violins from a museum collection to a series of spectroscopic and microscopic tests.

The orchestra did sterling work all evening, most notably in the beauty the violins were able to sustain in the febrile writing at the upper end of their range, and in the huge, burnished sound the lower brass unleashed in their solos.

Federici wrote two oratorios, "Santa Cristina," and "Santa Caterina de Sienna," in both of which "interstitial" accompaniment is used for the first time; that is, the violins, instead of accompanying the voice, repeat portions of the melody in short symphonies.

This fact convinced me many years ago that spiders are attracted by the sound of musical instruments, such as violins, concertinas, guitars, &c., simply because the sound produces the same effect on them as the shrill buzzing of a captive fly.